Most other days of the year, a huge number of local cyclists ride from rack to rack. They often get creative, expanding the concept to include parking meters, traffic signs, spired gates, young trees—basically anything slender in the middle, thick at the ends and solid throughout.

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Sometimes the rack installers themselves get creative. You almost feel bad sliding a bike lock around the racks outside 100 College Street, because they’re so artful and new and you wouldn’t want to scratch them. The wavy rack outside the Yale Medical Bookstore is livened up with bright green paint. Vegetarian institution Claire’s Corner Copia has a metal rack bent and painted into squash, carrots and broccoli.

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If you’re one of New Haven’s many local cyclists, you’ll want to be eating your veggies, among other things. Come Sunday, it’s May, a.k.a. New Haven Bike Month, and there’s lots more riding to fuel.